JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After already meeting seven times in the regular season, UNF and Stetson will square off again with a chance to advance to the ASUN Championship Final Four.

North Florida enters as the second seed in the ASUN South Division at 11-7 in conference play. Stetson is the third seed at 10-8 in ASUN play. The weekend features a best-of-three game series format with the if needed game set for Sunday, May 23.

Capacity at Harmon Stadium will be capped at 500 spectators. 
 

OSPREYS vs. HATTERS (HARMON STADIUM | JACKSONVILLE, FLA)
GAMES 41-42, 43 if needed	Friday, May 21 at 6:05 p.m. | Saturday, May 22 at 2:05 p.m. | Sunday, May 23 at 1:05 p.m.
Season Series History	UNF leads, 5-2
Last Meeting	Last Time: UNF W, 3-2 (5.16.2021)
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1. Against The Opponent 
UNF leads Stetson 5-2 in the season series, taking two of three in DeLand and two of three at Harmon Stadium last weekend ... the Ospreys took the regular season finale against Stetson May 16, winning 3-2 thanks to a game-winning solo home run from Blake Marabell in the eighth inning ... UNF is hitting .251 against Stetson this year, clubbing eight home runs while getting three from Blake Marabell ... Marabell has mashed 12 RBI in seven games against Stetson this season ... former Hatter and grad transfer Austin Bogart has performed well against Stetson ... Bogart has hit two home runs and turned in a 1-0 record with a 1.32 ERA across 13.2 innings of work.

2. Last Time Out 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF baseball (19-21) celebrated Senior Day with some scintillating play by those being honored Sunday as the Ospreys were vaulted by Blake Marabell's game-winning solo home run in the eighth in a 3-2 win against Stetson (26-21) May 16. North Florida used nine pitchers, with lefty Eddie Miller picking up the win after  a scoreless eighth and Brandon Reitz tallying save number eight to take hold of the conference lead in that statistical category.

3. Talking Tournament Time
This is UNF's ninth appearance in the ASUN Championship since playing its first Division I season in 2006 ... the Ospreys have appeared in eight consecutive ASUN Championships ... North Florida is 12-16 in tournament play ... in its last trip to the ASUN Championship, North Florida went 1-2, defeating No. 1 FGCU before being eliminated by Liberty ... the last time UNF hosted the ASUN Championship, North Florida reached the championship before falling to Stetson ... that was in 2018.

4. Notables
UNF is the second seed in the ASUN South Division at 11-7 ... the Ospreys are paced offensively by graduate transfer Alex Kachler who is one of 10 NCAA Division I baseball student-athletes to be named a finalist to the Senior Class Award selection process ... righty reliever Brandon Reitz earned his eighth save of the year in the 3-2 win against Stetson ... Reitz leads the league in saves and is tied-for-fourth in UNF DI single season history for saves ... he's holding batters to a .167 batting average this year ... outfielder Blake Marabell has hit six home runs this season, including two game-winning shots against Stetson ... he's also robbed three home runs this season, doing so at Florida State and at home against Stetson and Jacksonville.

5. Quality Control
In three years with Stetson, Austin Bogart predominantly appeared on the offensive side of the game for the Hatters, collecting 471 at-bats across 147 games ... on the mound he collected 36 innings over 22 appearances, going 0-5 ... he's found the right stuff since donning the Navy and Gray, posting a team-best six quality starts and seven starts of at least five innings ... over his last five starts he's tallied five quality starts, going 2-0 with 20 strikeouts and just three walks ... the southpaw is 3-2 this year with a 3.29 ERA, striking out 33 while walking only 15.

6. Hold it Right There!
While not eligible to be in the conference or national ERA rankings with 21.0 innings worked, righty reliever Stephen Halstead has a miniscule 0.86 ERA across 18 appearances ... the junior transfer has allowed only two earned runs, holding batters to a .203 batting average (89 batters faced) ... he's allowed an earned run in an appearance only twice, permitting one against No. 7 Florida and one against FGCU ... Halstead has punched out 24 batters for a team-high 10.2 strikeouts per-nine innings ... the junior college transfer hasn't allowed a triple or home run this season ... he's picked up one save ... against lefties he's only allowing a .136 opponents' batting average ... hitters are 7-for-48 when facing Halstead with runners on base.

7. Double Dipping
The double play has been UNF's best friend on a plethora of occasions this year ... the Ospreys have turned 39 double plays, the most in the conference and the 23rd most across Division I ... North Florida is spinning 0.97 double plays per game, best in the league and 6th in the nation.

8. Timing is Everything
Scoring runs is as much about timing and hitting with runners on as anything ... senior Blake Marabell has cashed in on the regular with runners on and in clutch situations ... Marabell is 19-for-51 (.373 batting average) with runners in scoring position, 12-for-15 (.800) with runners on third and less than two outs and 15-for-43 (.349) with two outs ... twice he's hit the game-winning home run in the eighth inning in wins against Stetson this year ... 10 of his 32 RBI have come with two outs.

9. Tough Cookie
Tanner Clark is one of the best at putting the ball in play in the ASUN and all across the country ... Clark is the toughest ASUN-batter to fan, striking out just once every 14.3 at-bats ... he's 8th in all of Division I in that same category .... he's only fanned nine times this year ... he hasn't struck out since April 23 ... he does not have a multi-strikeout game this season.

10. No Freebies
Max McKinley leads the ASUN and is sixth in the country in the walks/nine innings rankings ... he's only allowing 1.02 walks for every nine innings pitched ... the righty has fanned 39 and walked only six batters ... for his career he's struck out 50 and permitted nine free passes.

Scouting Report | Stetson | Stats | Schedule | Roster

• Stetson is 26-21 and 10-8 in ASUN play.
• The Hatters are 10-13 in road contests.
• Stetson won 10 straight to open the season. 
• The Hatters have picked up a win against Alabama and Florida this season.
• Starting pitchers Nick Durgin and Chris Gonzalez were key in Stetson's hot start this season.
• Durgin hasn't pitched since April 30, a complete game shutout of Jacksonville.
• Gonzalez hasn't toed the rubber since May 1 when he was saddled with the loss against JU.
• Hernen Sardinas is Stetson's best run producer, driving in a league-best 49 RBI to go with nine long balls, 16 doubles and a .353 batting average.
• Lefty leadoff hitter Andrew MacNeil has crossed home 59 times, good for 11 more times than the next closest tally in the ASUN.
• Stetson is 35-44 in stolen base attempts.
• The Hatters pitching staff has permitted 4.58 earned runs per affair, fanning 365 while allowing 167 free passes.
• Righty Danny Garcia has seven saves and a 3.51 ERA, punching out 33 in 33.1 frames worked.
• The Hatters are hitting .243 in seven games against UNF this season. 
• Against UNF this year, Stetson pitching has turned in a 4.50 ERA, allowing eight round-trippers.